If the weather cooperates, Easter will arrive Sunday on a carpet of soft green grass because the major Christian holiday is late this spring — almost as late as possible.

Easter, generally the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox, can come anytime between March 22 and April 25.

Easter hadn’t graced the April 24 square on the calendar since 1940. It won’t happen again until 2095.

Easter fell on the last possible date, April 25, back in 1943. The next time is 2038.

Note of warning: Easter dates aren’t quite as straightforward as they first appear. The first full moon before Easter is called the Paschal Moon. Once bishops set the method of Easter dating at the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325, church astronomers calculated Easter dates and marked Paschal Moons on calendars for centuries ahead.

Because of slight errors in the process, the actual first full moon on or after the vernal equinox sometimes differs by a day or two from the Ecclesiastical Full Moon, which is what really determines Easter’s date. That’s why sky watchers still need to check Pope Gregory XIII’s calendar, the Gregorian calendar, to be sure they have Easter’s date.

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